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description: Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen. Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí". Is Dad cross with Lín? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Hungry, tired, shy, excited» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Hungry, tired, shy, excited

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Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen. Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí". Is Dad cross with Lín?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, Lín · **What happens:** keep, check, see, whisper, be · **To what, where:** clock, hospital, Granny, hěn zháojí, Dad cross

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Hungry, tired, shy, excited» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/17-hungry-tired-shy-excited/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:1
# text = Lín's dad keeps checking the clock at the hospital while Granny is seen.
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Lín's dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | gerund | Lín's dad *not said here* | the clock |  | the hospital |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | present · passive |  | Granny |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:2
# text = Lín whispers "bàba hěn zháojí".
1	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bàba	bàba	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
5	hěn	hěn	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	compound	_	_
6	zháojí	zháojí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Lín | hěn zháojí |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Is Dad cross with Lín?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:3
# text = Is Dad cross with Lín?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Lín	Lín	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Dad cross |  |  |  | with Lín | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, zháojí means furious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, zháojí means furious
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	zháojí	zháojí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | zháojí |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he's anxious, not angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:o2:1
# text = No, he's anxious, not angry
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	anxious	anxious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | anxious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he's cross with the doctor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, he's cross with the doctor
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | with the doctor; cross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he's bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:17-hungry-tired-shy-excited:t4:o4:1
# text = No, he's bored
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

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